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All change at ITS InternationalAfter four and a half interesting years, this will be my last issue as editor of ITS International. Over that time, I have had the privilege to meet and interview some of the ITS sector's big names, attend most of the industry's major events and, I hope, pass on some of that information to you, the readers. What has become clear is that the era of public austerity has created in many local...

A change of tackFor some time, it has been evident that the quickening pace of technological advancement has been outpacing the ability of legislators to introduce new laws and amend existing legislation. One example was, apparently, UK legislation specifying that vehicles are fitted with filament lights which was drafted to outlaw acetylene lamps but a century later delayed the introduction of LED technology...

Leading Finland's transport revolutionAnne Berner, Finland's minister of transport and communications, does not fit the normal political mould. She is not a career politician but a business executive who became...

VTT solution develops compact devicesVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new manufacturing technology for the integration of very high-frequency terahertz systems to enable cost-effective...

Inrix launches Roadway AnalyticsInrix has launched its cloud-based analytics suite that uses its global traffic data to help public agencies and consultants more effectively monitor, measure and manage...